Weyland Tech Welcomes Jon ‘Dr. J’ Najarian to Board of Directors

New York, NY, Feb. 15, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Weyland Tech, Inc. (OTCQX: WEYL) ("Weyland" or the "Company"), a provider of mobile business applications, announced today that Mr. Jon Najarian has joined the Company’s Board of Directors.

Weyland CEO Brent Suen welcomed Mr. Najarian to the Board commenting, “It is with great pleasure that we welcome Jon onto our Board, his breadth of financial market knowledge and experience is a great addition to our leadership as we prepare to bring AtozPay out of beta and grow our company’s presence in the digital payments space. We are excited to be the first public board Jon has joined.”

Mr. Najarian added, “When I saw Weyland's cutting edge CreateApp platform, I knew it was a game changer. When a business can build their own mobile apps, integrate Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, Sina and more with payment services that's a business with a very bright future. I'm excited to join their board and be part of this."

About Mr. Jon “Dr.J” Najarian

Jon “Dr.J” Najarian was a linebacker for the Chicago Bears before he turned to another kind of contact sport – trading on the Chicago Board Options Exchange.

He became a member of the CBOE, NYSE, CME and CBOT and worked as a floor trader for some 25 years. In 1990 he founded Mercury Trading, a market-making firm at the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE), which he sold in 2004 to Citadel, one of the world’s largest hedge funds. In 2005 Jon co-founded optionMONSTER and tradeMONSTER – both were acquired in 2014 by private equity firm General Atlantic Partners. Today, he is a professional investor, money manager and media analyst.

Jon developed and patented trading applications and algorithms used to identify unusual activity in stock, options, and futures markets. optionMONSTER, an options news and education site, was described by Securities Industry News as “content king of the options business.”

For years tradeMONSTER has been rated “Best for Options Traders” by Barron’s and was the first online broker to deploy streaming, desktop-like trading in a web browser.

In 2016 Jon and his brother Pete co-founded Najarian Advisors, a company advising institutional investors on options strategies.

The brothers invest in and work with start-ups via Rebellion Partners, a venture consulting firm they launched in 2015.

Jon can be seen weekly on CNBC, where he is cast member of the “Halftime Report” and the “Fast Money” show. He is also the feature of the “DRJ Report” on CBOE-TV, the exchange’s popular webcast.

This release contains certain "forward-looking statements" relating to the business of the Company. All statements, other than statements of historical fact included herein are "forward-looking statements" including statements regarding: the continued growth of the e-commerce segment and the ability of the Company to continue its expansion into that segment; the ability of the Company to attract customers and partners and generate revenues; the ability of the Company to successfully execute its business plan; the business strategy, plans, and objectives of the Company; and any other statements of non-historical information. These forward-looking statements are often identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as "believes," "expects" or similar expressions and involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties. Although the Company believes that the expectations reflected in these forward-looking statements are reasonable, they do involve assumptions, risks, and uncertainties, and these expectations may prove to be incorrect. Investors should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this news release. The Company's actual results could differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements as a result of a variety of factors, including those discussed in the Company's periodic reports that are filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and available on its website (http://www.sec.gov). All forward-looking statements attributable to the Company or persons acting on its behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by these factors. Other than as required under the securities laws, the Company does not assume any duty to update these forward-looking statements.

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